Poptimists Poll 2007 No.2: TREND OF THE YEAR

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A specially mixed bag on this category which attempted to replace last year's unsatisfactory genre of the year. This mix of new genres, dubious developments and personal pleasures does a little better though!

[Poll #1105475]

Tomorrow: MOST HORRIBLE THING and LIVE ACT unless I change my mind. All polls are still open, check the link on the dance to poll.

Click below the cut for explanations in haiku form of what these are!

Balearic:
Swooshy synth noises
And a mellow soft rock vibe
Back to eighty-seven

Bassline:
It came from the North
Two-step, divas, wub-wub bass
Real men call it Niche.

Dancing with an umbrella:
Watch what you're doing
Pretending you're Rihanna
You'll have my eye out!

Disco Re-Edits:
Money for old rope?
No! Appreciate the skill!
Frankie Valli did.

Emo:
"Pete Wentz is teh hott"
The kids on the Myspace say
Like I'd really know.

Indie getting less rockish?
Klaxons won a prize
With clumsy rave Frankenstein
What next? Afropop?

Minimal:
The sound of Berlin
I read as much in the Graun.
Bip bip bip bip bip.

Pop stars going nuts
Britney in a wig
Amy living it far too big
Throw them in the brig!

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Indie is definitely moving in the right direction and this should be encouraged! Guitars aren't necessarily bad, dudes (cf Heidi & co's About You Now) - it's the hands that have wielded them over the last year or two that have been GRAVELY MISGUIDED.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think "Youtube Rap" should have been a trend, too.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Whilst my favourite of all the above is obv Minimal, it was more of a 2006 thing really! Oooh check out my hipsterness etc etc

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Stars going mental (should) encompasses the lot!! Or at least it should. I can't vote for the umbrella, that's just drunken poptimists going mental and they'll have someones eye out :) As much as it brakes hart not to vote for emo, I sort of AM because they are sort of stars and DEFINITELY mental or so I read from my emo correspondent :)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It should be an easy win for bassline, really! Or at least a straight-up contest between balearic and bassline, which the latter would win by dint of not being completely inert.

Minimal is great obv but has been knocking round for ages now. Emo has also been around for ages, and is also still the worst thing ever. 'Dancing with an umbrella' - oh for goodness' sakes just wait to vote for 'Umbrella' in the best single poll! And has indie really been getting less rockish (and why does anyone CARE)?? I haven't heard this. Anyway nothing pertaining to indie should even be in the running.

Bassline basically feels like the most exciting thing to have happened this year - it's so exciting and hungry and full of life, and there's so much potential for it to go stratospheric.

[mostlyconnect.livejournal.com]

emo should win EVERY YEAR